When you hear agents and managers talk about what differentiates them from the competition, many will narrow it down to this: Taste level. The belief that their taste level is superior, and that they are therefore able to single out the most promising talent and most marketable work. Part of… read more →
Dear writers (or as Todd likes to call you, My Scrappers), Returning home from a Thanksgiving getaway to San Francisco, I sat on my bed with my beautiful 8-year-old son and my sparkly 4-year-old daughter for our nightly ritual, tell-me-time. My son mused: “Mommy, don’t you wish you and daddy… read more →
Full disclosure: I can be quite the cynic. I probably think that I am more than I actually am, but still… It’s not often that one finds me gushing over anything or anyone unless we’re talking about my kids, my husband or my writers (in that order), so when I… read more →
Thinking about taking a break building or maintaining your screenwriting career? Don’t do it unless you’re ready to walk away entirely. Coming back will not be a piece of cake.
I am a nice girl. I have a nice family. I live in a nice house. Sure, I am Israeli, which does mean I say things that are a bit in your face every once in a while, but in general I’d like to think that I am just not… read more →
When I got into the business of helping writers as a full-time career coach, I told myself that, as much as I loved it and as blown away as I was by the velocity with which my business took off, it’s not going to be amazing and humbling and rewarding… read more →
The realization of dreams always looks different from the other side. From the dreamer’s side. As a little girl, as a teenager, I wanted little in this world more than to have a book published. Let’s be quite clear: I had no clue what this book would be about. But… read more →
It’s an ongoing debate, one that has taken place everywhere from coffee shops to online forums: Is coverage a worthwhile service, or a worthless scam? As some of you already know, I did, once upon a time, have a horse in this race. I was the Director of ScriptShark.com for… read more →
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